Seaboard Container Corp. v. Rothschild

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

Plaintiff, Seaboard Container Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, filed an action in trespass against defendant Edwin L. Bothschild, trading as Bothschild Construction Company, and additional defendant Max Corchin, Inc., appellant, for damages to personal property resulting from a fire allegedly due to appellant’s negligence, and after trial recovered a verdict for |4,559.04. A rule for judgment n. o. v. and a new trial were denied. This appeal followed.

Appellant was engaged by the defendant as subcontractor to do certain repair, renovation, and…